Scott, Youhave a great insite to the breed...your right..we all must keep learning..I can remember years ago, when I first graduated from Vet school and went into pracxtice...every extra minute I had went in to studying the breed...My most valuablwe mentors were Janet Wilcox, mother of John Wilcox, Ann Mesdag, and Betty and Rod Chelius...THey all had been in the breed8 to 15 years longer than I. Annhad at one time about 100 dogs which gave me lots of medical practice and lots of dogs to learn anatomy and movement from. I guess I almost frove them crazy with my insessent questioning...I would gather their opinions of a certain dog and put it all together and come to my own conclusions..It was work,butmy mind was obscessed with the breed...and still is (GGG) Chuck ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================